Easy Brain Teasers
for Spelling and Vocabulary Practice

Try these easy brain teasers for some fun
spelling and vocabulary practice! These quick questions are great to
try to solve on your own. They're also fun to do with your family,
students or co-workers. ESL students can enjoy these puzzlers, too.

See our suggestions for using these
questions at the bottom of the page.

Brain Teaser Questions

Here's a peek at our printable page. The full text also appears below for your convenience.

6. Can you find an
unusual fact about this arrangement of 6 words? (Hint: It will be
helpful to
draw one line.)

7. Find the pattern
in this list of words and add two more words.

row,
stew, dough, blue, sew, do, …

8. Spell at least 3 words that contain ff.

9. Unscramble
these
3 related words.

A) apreg
B) naanba
C)
granoe

10.
List 2 or more
words that are spelled with nn.

Suggestions for using these Easy Brain Teasers with students:

Write a new question on the board each morning. Allow
students to write their answers and place them in a special folder
anytime throughout the day. At the end of the day, review their
submissions and reward the students answering correctly by
adding their name to special display, giving them a small
treat, or in some other way.

Use the printable version of all the questions. Allow
students to work on the questions over a week or two. Then collect all
their answers at the end of that time. Award extra credit for correct
answers.

Always be sure to review correct answers with the entire
class.

Ask students to write similar questions of their own for
classmates to solve!